| Pronunciation: | | kru'steyshus
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| Matching Terms: | | crustaceousness
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [adj] being or having or resembling a hard crust or shell |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Crus*ta"ceous\ (kr?s-t?"sh?s; 97), a. [NL.
crustaceous. See {crustacea}.]
1. Pertaining to, or of the nature of, crust or shell; having
a crustlike shell.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Belonging to the Crustacea; crustacean.
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Brittle; of marine algae, encrusted with calcium carbonate. |
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